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Saturday, May 24, 2014

The Global GMO Free Coalition has launched on Tuesday, bringing together
GMO Free groups across 6 continents with a partner membership of over
4.5 Million people.

The Global GMO Free Coalition, with over 60 partner organizations, is
the first globally coordinated network to take on the genetically
modified (GM) food and crop industry head on in both the media and in
public and government advocacy areas. The aim of the coalition is to cut
through Biotech industry propaganda and to provide independent
information that leads to responsible actions from food regulatory
bodies in countries worldwide.

Henry Rowlands, the Global GMO Free Coalition Coordinator, stated
Tuesday; “The problem with GMOs and their associated pesticides is that
they were never independently tested before being released into the
environment. This has led to both consumers and independent scientists
being seriously concerned about the possible harm they are doing to both
the environment and human health.”

The Global GMO Free Coalition will provide journalists and
governments worldwide with a serious and well-respected source of
independent information. Journalists will be welcomed to contact the
Coalition 24 hours a day for unique quotes and reactions from the top
Global experts in the field of GMOs and their associated pesticides.

The Coalition will also coordinate expert speakers to attend public
and private events wherever they are held around the Globe. These
speakers will present serious sustainable alternatives to GMOs and will
deconstruct Biotech industry propaganda.

The Global GMO Free Coalition partners are from countries around the
world, including the U.S., UK, Russia, Iran, Chile, Taiwan, the
Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, New Caledonia,
Ghana, Georgia and Ireland.

“This is a global issue that deserves a global approach. The GMO
industry is attempting to take over the world’s food supply with
untested, harmful products and we will not let this happen. We invite
more organizations from around the world to join us,” Rowlands
concluded.

“A global system of agriculture built around mono-crops that are
engineered to resist massive amounts of toxic herbicides and pesticides
is unsustainable on all levels. Science has proven that weeds and
insects eventually evolve to become tolerant of chemicals like
glyphosate and 2,4-D, leading to a perpetual, and unsustainable, cycle
of super weeds, super bugs and the need for a dizzying array of
increasingly toxic chemicals to control them. Those toxins are harmful
to all living things, including humans. All the current research points
to the need to return to a system built around diverse food crops,
adapted for local growing conditions, and grown without the use of
chemical inputs.”

“Russia is the largest country in the world, a country with a unique
geographical landscape and biodiversity. We realize our responsibility
to the world in preserving the purity and fertility of the land, because
of the fact that it is a unique source of genetic resources for the
whole world. Therefore, we believe that Russia can and must retain the
status of a global environmental donor and prevent the cultivation of
GMOs. I’m absolutely sure, that participation in the GGFC will help
achieve these goals.

Today, global corporations have forgotten that this planet belongs to
every inhabitant of the Earth in equal form. So now we are very pleased
to join all active and concerned people on the way to a GMO Free world.
No doubt, GGFC will make our global voice more weighty and
significant”.

“Sadly, a GMO free world is now virtually impossible. Transgenes have
already escaped into the biosphere, creating a type of pollution that
is truly irreversible, and whose unintended, adverse consequences may
never be fully known even though they will be experienced by countless
future generations. The least we can do is to stop this global
experiment, as it is being conducted without the informed consent of
those being exposed to its fallout. We all have a human right to
abstain. Without being properly informed, there can be no choice. And
without choice no one can call themselves free and self-possessed.

The agrochemical-based global farming system, infatuated as it is by
GMOs, is waging a full scale chemical war against the biosphere, of
which we form an inseparable part. Calling this farming is the ultimate
absurdity, as this food production system requires the inevitable
destruction of the soil, the biodiversity and even the producers and
consumers who eventually must succumb to suboptimal nutrition and
poisoning.”

“Most people in the world do not want GM in their food and feed
supplies and governments and the mainstream media must begin to honour
that wish. The GGFC will provide a much-needed focus for communication
around this vital issue.”

“I am a mother who has lost a child to cancer and comes from a family
with autoimmune disease. I’ve had the personal experience of tracking
health problems (including chronic fatigue syndrome and digestive
disorders) back to genetically engineered corn & soy in vitamins.
Personally, I am pro-science. I believe that the GMO Free Global
Coalition is critically important to our future.

We will not allow the agrichemical industry to control the science.
We have come together to bring truth and transparency to the media to
refute industry funded pseudo-science and propaganda. The development of
global protocols and standards for long-term safety testing of
genetically engineered organisms and the associated chemicals is a must.
Due to the lack of regulation and independent safety testing,
genetically engineered organisms are putting our children and our world
at risk.”

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